Choice or Decision?

This topic is sort of relevant to my previous post. I was talking to a friend about the similarities and differences between Choice and Decision, and found it interesting to post it here. I don't emphasize on the terms I use, but the concept.

The similarity between Choice and Decision is obvious: You pick one (or many) options out of a pool of available options.

But, here is the difference:
In making a choice, you make the above selection, while you are still "open" to other options. You are still capable of seeing and acknowledging them.

In making a decision, you make the selection, while you "kill"the other options. You are blind to a portion of reality - which are the omitted options. It's interesting to know that the root of "decide" is "-cide" which means "the act of killing" in Latin. Some other words with the same root are suicide, homicide, and pesticide.

When I value the openness to the omitted options, I am NOT suggesting the hassle of continuous re-evaluation, the feeling of dissatisfaction with the selection, or the hesitation of time and energy required to pursue the selection. Here, I am talking about acknowledging all options, regardless of the selection result.

Finally, as usual there is no clear line between the two; they are pretty much located on the two ends of a spectrum. I think living in the Choice side of the spectrum helps us to avoid being Judgmental and protects us from Self-Justification. Judgment and self-justification occures when we can't live with many paradoxical options or signals around us; thus, we make a decision, not choice, to eliminate the internal dissonance. That's why I think this topic is related to my previous post.